Jimmie earlier posted a question from the website:
http://welcome.to/occupationaltherapy.com
Here's another interesting question and partial answer from the site:
question When a patient is recovering from an injury, what does he
Hi ,
Interesting question you ask Ron.
I believe it is not the area which is the specialist area, but the Occupational
Therapist who is the specialist.
I think we need to get away from thinking that specific areas of practice are
special, and think of our skills and experience, our competence
Ron:
I believe AOTA has the following board/ specialty certifications-
1. Neurorehab
2. Pediatrics
3. Geriatrics
4. Physical Rehab
5. Mental Health
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6. Low-Vision
7. Feeding Swallowing
8. Driver Rehab
The other areas that OTs can get certified besides what you already
mentioned are-
9.
My 2 cents:
The problem is that there are many OT's who ONLY focus on 'occupation as end'
and justify all their non-occupation internventions ('means'') because they
will enable occuaption. The problem is , in reality, that is usually the goal
of other disciplines too (ie, PT)...it is our
